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MOMENTS IN POT CULTURE: THE BUTTERCUP

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moments in pot culture: the buttercup

Words by Jessica Peace ‘...the sky is summer-blue, /And meadows full of buttercups, /Are spread abroad for you’ whispered Cicely Mary Barker’s blon...

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summer cuttings: grow mint in your drink

Words by Jessica Peace One for you, one for me... Pour a glass to make your plant baby and pour one for yourself because making cuttings root in wa...

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we can be (plant) heroes: frida kahlo

Words by Jessica Peace ‘I paint flowers so they will not die’, Frida Kahlo - well that’s one way of not killin’em. Kahlo, you wore’em, painted’em,...

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summer cuttings: be sage and take your thyme

Words by Jessica Peace Your sage and thyme can handle ‘softwood’ cuttings, perfect time to chop’em now. SOFTWOOD CUTTINGS RATING A little tricky - ...

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moments in pot culture: the venus flytrap

Words by Jessica Peace Victorian superhuman Charles (The Daddy) Darwin, regarded the venus fly trap as, ‘one of the most wonderful [plants] in the...

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getting a handle on herbs

Words by Jessica Peace Grow’em, cook’em, rub’em all over and try not to kill’em: herbs, the lowdown… ROSEMARY RATING Hard as HOW NOT TO KILL IT Ju...

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moments in pot culture: the fern

Words by Jessica Peace Before she gave birth to Peter Rabbit and looked liked Renée Zellweger, Potter was potty about ferns and produced vast studi...

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summer cuttings: go hard with herbs

Words by Jessica Peace Managed not to kill your lavender and rosemary? Fancy making more? Easy as mate. Hardwood cuttings are hard to f’up, just ge...